Jenna Gillen

Jenna Gillen, Assistant Professor, Exercise Physiology

  • Assistant Professor, Exercise Physiology
55 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2W6

About Jenna

Academic Training

Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto

Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan

PhD, Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University

BSc Kinesiology, McMaster University

Graduate Student Recruitment Status
Accepting PhD and MSc students
Research Interests

 

Carbohydrate and fat metabolism

Exercise-induced improvements in metabolic health

Sex-based differences in exercise metabolism

High-intensity interval training

Nutritional manipulation of exercise adaptation

Watch video of Jenna Gillen discussing her research alongside Associate Professor Daniel Moore of KPE

Selected Publications

Anderson, N.D., D’Amico, D.D., Rotenberg, S., Addis, D.R., Gillen, J.B., Moore, D.R., Furlano, J.A., Tan B., Binns, M., Santarossa, M., Chertkow, H., (2024). Validation of a community-based approach toward personalized dementia risk reduction: The Kimel Family Centre for brain health and wellness. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. https://doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2024.98 

Govette, A. and Gillen, J.B* (2024). At-home body weight interval exercise in the fed versus fasted state lowers postprandial glycemia and appetite perceptions in females. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2023-0485 

Gillen, J.B.* (2024). Interactive effects of low-volume interval exercise and nutrition on glycemic control. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. Feb 20 Online ahead of print doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0591 

Moore, D.R., Gillen, J.B., West, D.W.D., Kato, H., Volterman, K.A. (2024) Protein requirements may be lower on a training compared to rest day but are not influenced by moderate training volumes in endurance trained males. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab,

Yardley JE, Govette A, Laesser CI, Lespagnol É, Logan JE, Sim JAP, Talbo MK, Prévost MS, Perry T, von Zezschwitz JD, Bally L, Brazeau AS, Heyman E, Jung ME, Peters TM, Zaharieva DP, Gillen JB (2024). Sex influences health: reporting on female characteristics should be mandatory in exercise and physical activity-related diabetes research. Diabetabologia, 67(1): 209-210.

Schleh, M.W., Ahn, C., Ryan, B.J., Chugh, O.K., Luker, A.T., Liker, K.E., Gillen, J.B., Ludzki, A.C., Van Pelt, D.W., Pitchford, L.M., Zhang, T., Rode, T., Howton, S.M., Burant, C.F., Horowitz, J.F. (2023). Both moderate- and high-intensity exercise training increase intramyocellular lipid droplet abundance and modify myocellular distribution in adults with obesity. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 325(5): E466-79.

Islam, H., Gillen, J.B.* (2023) Skeletal muscle mechanisms contributing to improved glycemic control following intense interval exercise and training. Sports Medicine and Health Science, 5(1): 20-28 doi: 10.1016/j.smhs.2023.01.002 

Schleh, M. W., Pitchford, L. M., Gillen, J. B., & Horowitz, J. F. (2020). Energy Deficit Required for Exercise-induced Improvements in Glycemia the Next Day. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 52(4), 976–982.

Gillen, J. B., Estafanos, S., Williamson, E., Hodson, N., Malowany, J. M., Kumbhare, D. A., & Moore, D. R. (In Press) Interrupting prolonged sitting with repeated chair stands or short walks reduces postprandial insulinemia in healthy adults. Journal of Applied Physiology.

Gillen, J.B., West, D.W.D., Williamson, E.P., Fung, H.J.W., Moore, D.R. (2020) Low-Carbohydrate Training Increases Protein Requirements of Endurance Athletes. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise,51(11): 2294-2301. 

Tan, R.B., Nederveen, J., Gillen, J.B., Joanisse, S., Parise, G., Tarnopolsky, M.A., Gibala, M.J. (2018) Skeletal muscle fibre-type specific changes in markers of capillary and mitochondrial content after low-volume interval training in overweight women. Physiol Rep, 6(5): e13597.

Gillen, J. B., & Gibala, M. J. (2018). Interval training: a time-efficient exercise strategy to improve cardiometabolic health. Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme, 43(10), iii–iv.

Professional Memberships

Canadian Obesity Network

Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology

American College of Sports Medicine